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  2. Parody - Wikipedia

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    A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.Often its subject is an original work or some aspect of it (theme/content, author, style, etc), but a parody can also be about a real-life person (e.g. a politician), event, or movement (e.g. the French Revolution or 1960s counterculture).

  3. List of satirical news websites - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] News satire is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire because of its content. News satire is not to be confused with fake news that has the intent to mislead.

  4. Satire - Wikipedia

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    Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. [1]

  5. List of satirical fake news websites - Wikipedia

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    Even though many satirical sources are labeled as such with disclaimers, there is a long history of satirical content being falsely perceived as true. [1] According to Snopes, this misunderstanding can be due to a variety of reasons:

  6. Poe's law - Wikipedia

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    Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article. The original statement of Poe's law referred specifically to creationism, but it has since been generalized to apply to any kind of fundamentalism or extremism. [3]

  7. On TikTok, 'satire' doesn't mean what you think it means - AOL

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    While satire usually refers to a comedic form of social commentary, on TikTok, it's more like a video category. While the hashtag #satire (it has 3.2 billion views) is used constantly on the ...

  8. News satire - Wikipedia

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    News satire or news comedy is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire because of its content. News satire has been around almost as long as journalism itself, but it is particularly popular on the web, with websites like The Onion and The Babylon Bee, where it is relatively easy to mimic a legitimate news site.

  9. Parody film - Wikipedia

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    A parody film or spoof film is a subgenre of comedy film that lampoons other film genres or films as pastiches, [1] [2] [3] works created by imitation of the style of many different films reassembled together. Although the subgenre is often overlooked by critics, parody films are commonly profitable at the box office. [4]